less than half the number of pages, had the Author, instead of copying Dawson's method, included only the leading words with their principal varieties, and such forms of words as are of anomalous character; marking (as he has marked) in all cases the quantity of the doubtful vowels. We so fully approve of Dr. Laing's design, that we take the liberty of recommending to him the alterations necessary to render his work unexceptionable for general use. We have noticed some errata which have escaped the Author's correction. And (p. 42.) appears without explanation; and Arudu, the root to which reference is made, is omitted. (p. 39.) Διαζωνυμι for Διαζώννυμι. (p. 90.) εξεπορεύετω instead of εξεπορεύε TO. (p. 145.) Exaуyλμaros Occurs as the nominative (p. 148). Eduw has the antepenult long instead of short (p. 156). The future of Επιστηριζω should be in ξω (p. 161). έυρησετε is said to be the 1 pl. instead of the 2 pl. AaxovE is described as being compounded of dia and EVEXW; a very questionable etymology. The Author of this work has been careful to avail himself of the labours of the most accomplished scholars in matters of prosody, in aid of his own researches: he has correctly marked the quantity of the doubtful vowels, following the example of Dr. Maltby in the use of the double sign; and has added copious and instructive genealogical tables to illustrate the history of the New Testament. We should have great pleasure in noticing a revised and amended edition of this Lexicon on the plan which we have suggested. Art. IX. Plans for the Government and liberal Instruction of Boys, in large Numbers; drawn from Experience. 8vo. pp. 254. Price 7s. 6d. London. 1822. THIS publication contains a minute statement of plans adopted for the discipline and regulation of a large school; and they are said to have been attended with entire success. The great question, in all such cases, refers at once to the operation of the system; and if that can be fairly affirmed to work well, it is scarcely worth while to enter into an elaborate investigation of a complicated mechanism for the sake of detting an occasional anomaly, or some casual_arrangement which may wear the appearance of inefficiency. In the present instance, the Author comes forward to describe the nature and the effects of an extensive scheme founded upon the principles of strict police, and inviolable order and punctuality, maintained by different degrees of magistracy. We have Constables, Juries, Attorney-generals, Judges arranged before us; and considerable pains seem to have been taken to make the VOL. XVIII. N.S. P offices efficient, and to guard against the operation of improper motives and feelings. It is quite impossible for us to enter into a minute analysis of the present volume. The multiplicity of its details, and the variety of the subjects to which they refer, can be adequately learnt only by reference to the book itself, which is well drawn up, and, as containing the plans and results of an experiment in education, is worth perusal. Art. X. Rules for the Construction of the Relative Qui, Quæ, Quod, with the Subjunctive Mood, established by a copious Selection of Examples from Classical Authors; with critical Notes. For the Use of Schools. By A. R. Carson, A.M. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh. Second Edition. 12mo. pp. 148. Edinburgh. 1821. THE HERE are two great evils by which those who seek instruction from elementary treatises or critical discussions on the nicer points of idiomatic construction, are perpetually embarrassed-rashness, and want of distinct definition. An incredibly large portion of the great and continually enlarging mass of grammatical criticism, consists of assertions boldly hazarded, but utterly untenable; and at least an equal share is made up of cautious and doubtful approaches, never closing with the point in issue, but, after a tedious parade of knowledge and acumen, leaving it in its original obscurity. The little volume now in our hands, and which, in its first edition, has long been a favourite with us, is not liable to either of these objections It illustrates, with admirable skill and completeness, a department of Latin construction which had been previously much unsettled; it furnishes a series of valuable exercises in classical composition; and we are sure, since it has now emerged from the limited sphere of its former circulation, that it will be extensively adopted as a class-book. Mr. Carson will not, we hope, stop here. There are many important philological inquiries in which his leisure might be profitably occupied; and from this specimen of his success, we anticipate further and still more acceptable exertions. We take this opportunity of recommending the edition of Ruddiman's Rudiments, printed at Cupar, 1819. The book seems to have been carefully printed, but it derives additional value from an Appendix, containing an elementary View of the Tenses of the Latin Verb,' contributed by Dr. John Hunter, to whose able revision the proof-sheets of the present edition were submitted. We think that this dissertation throws much light on the model and temporal structure of the Verb, and that it will prove of great service to students in the higher classes. Art. XI. The Book of Psalms, in Verse; with a Short Explanatory Preface to each Psalm, taken from the Works of different Writers on the Psalms, but chiefly from Bishop Horne's Commentary. post 8vo. pp. 302. Price 5s. London. 1822. THE design of this volume is to render the Book of Psalms at once more intelligible and more attractive, and to recommend the study of this portion of the sacred Scriptures to those young persons who may have leisure and opportunity to look more deeply into the subject, and to search for fuller information in the writings of learned and pious commentators. We cannot but warmly applaud the intention of the Writer. Of the merits of his performance, we shall enable our readers to judge for themselves. • PSALM XXIII. In this beautiful Psalm, David compares God to a shepherd, an image familiar to his own mind from his early course of life, and which is more than once used by our blessed Lord, to represent the relation in which he stands to his people. The Psalm has been supposed to have been written, while the Psalmist was expelled from the holy city and temple, owing to the allusion made in the 6th verse to his hopes of dwelling in the house of God; and, as it mentions a supply of provisions in the face of the enemy, it was probably composed when David, flying from the contest with his disobedient son, pitched his camp beyond Jordan, and was in danger of seeing his little army perish for want of provision in that uncultivated region, until his friends brought him a plentiful supply: see 2nd Sam. chap. xvii. verse 27, 28, 29. 1. The Lord, my shepherd, doth each want supply, 2. My feet by cooling streams he deigns to guide, 4. E'en in my passage through death's awful vale, E'en there will I defy th' approach of fear,- And in his house for evermore remain.' p. 38. As all the Psalms are versified in the same metre, this short specimen will give a fair idea of the series. Art. XII. An Address to the People of England in the Cause of the Greeks, occasioned by the late inhuman Massacres in the Isle of Scio, &c. By the Rev. T. S. Hughes, Author of Travels in Sicily, Greece, and Albania. 8vo. pp. 44. London. 1822. OUR UR readers will have in recollection, that to Mr. Hughes we are indebted for a minutely circumstantial exposure of the sacrifice of Parga on the part of the English Government to its worthy ally, Ali Pasha,-a transaction which he ventured to stigmatise as alike unjust, cruel, and impolitic. That transaction, there is reason to believe, furnishes but too fair a specimen of the politics of the British Cabinet under its present DiThe reports, and indeed the confident assertions,' rectors. says Mr. Hughes, 'made in almost every letter which arrives from Greece, that stores and ammunition are sent out in English ships to provision Turkish fortresses; that English officers are serving in the Turkish navy and artillery; that confiscations of property and imprisonment of persons are denounced and executed, by our authorities in the Ionian islands, against the friends and relatives of those whom we are pleased to call Grecian rebels; that the rights of hospitality, in the same quarter, have in many instances been refused to the miserable fugitives from Turkish vengeance; all these considerations render an appeal to the English people still more necessary. I appeal not to governments, statesmen and politicians. I am aware that they are surrounded with difficulties and perplexing considerations; that they are frequently obliged to pursue what appear to be temporary interests, in preference to those which are more remote, and to adopt a line of policy which their consciences cannot help condemning. But, whilst I endeavour to shew that the policy of supporting such an empire as Turkey is weak and vain, unless it were possible to effect an entire change in the moral habits and religious principles of its constituents, I would excite that ardour and enthusiasm in the breasts of my countrymen, which may lead them to express openly their sentiments in the cause of humanity.' We confess that this is a subject on which we scarcely dare trust ourselves to speak. Should it appear that England, or rather its ministers, have, either from commercial considerations, or from the state maxims of the Holy Alliance, connived at the massacre of the Greeks, loud, and deep, and everlasting execration is the only language fit to be employed in reference to their conduct. But, alas! by what foreign nation are they not execrated, except the Russians and the Turks? And is it fear of Russia,' asks Mr. Hughes, which forces European cabinets into such a measure as patronising a power like Turkey? Is it in the empire of the Sultan that they would oppose a barrier to its aggrandisement? Vain hope! The colossus of clay will be kicked down, whenever it shall please the arctic despot to stretch out his leg.' We earnestly recommend the perusal of this Address to our readers. ART. XIII. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION. *Gentlemen and Publishers who have works in the Press, will oblige the Conductors of the ECLECTIC REVIEW, by sending information (post paid) of the subject, extent, and probable price of such works; which they may depend upon being communicated to the public, if consistent with its plan. Captain Manby, Author of the Means of saving Persons from Shipwreck, has nearly ready for publication, a Journal of a Voyage to Greenland in the year 1821, with graphic illustrations. In 1 vol. 4to. In the press, the Odyssey of Homer, translated in English prose as literally as the different idioms of the Greek and English language will allow : with explanatory notes. In 2 vols. 8vo. By a Member of the University of Oxford. Mr. Hogg has in the press, a new edition, with considerable improvements, of his Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tulip, and other flowers. In 1 vol. 12mo. 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